11stst Year Lab Projects: Year Lab Projects:Open Day BriefingOpen Day Briefing

• Open Days – Thursday 19 June 2pm-5pm Departmental – Friday 20 June 1pm-4pm Schools

• You need to prepare a poster presentation for use on these days

• You must also produce a project report by Monday 23th at 4pm HARD DEADLINE

Assessment

• Continuous assessment by demonstrator• Assessment of poster + communication

skills by demonstrator• Project report assessed by independent

member of academic staff– The report assessor will not be an expert in the

field of your project. Adapt your report accordingly.

Departmental Open Day/Posters

• Thursday 19th 2-5 Departmental Open Day– Need to clear away all extraneous items (tools etc.)– All members of the department (staff/students) are

invited to visit the labs and talk to you about your projects. (Mention in passing to your tutor, your friends, friends from different departments!)

– You need to GRAB people’s attention – Try to draw people in by fair means and foul! (but no

drinks)– Make your poster

Project Assessment- Posters

Displays should have :•Visual appeal, snappy title, use of graphics, balanced

layout and readable. Don’t write a report!•Maximum information using concise language/format,

summary, why?, how?, Results.•Be prepared to explain at both an introductory and detailed level to non-experts.

Look at examples from last year.

Poster materials available from lab office.

Tell office if you need a computer (okay to use your own laptop).

Schools Open Day

• Friday 20th 1-4 Schools Open day– Part of the Admissions process – Up to 150 6th formers from schools, mostly in the

London area, will visit the department– Remember that your audience on this day will

know less general physics– They may want to talk more generally about what

it is like to be a student at

Project Reports

Project Report•These may be written individually or jointly. However, as

you are individually assessed, joint reports must have whole sections written by each individual

and these must be clearly identified.•Scientific report style (see previous handout).•Page limit for individual reports is 8 sides, 12 for joint reports.•Try aims, techniques, results. Avoid narrative report.

•Deadline Monday 23 June , 4pm is absolute!